Tan Daoji, born in the unknown year and month, was a native of Gaoping Commandery (now Shandong), a famous general in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the founding father of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Tandoji experienced bereavement at a very young age, and both of his parents died. After growing up, he joined the army and became a member of the Beifu army, running under Liu Yu's account, along with Liu Yu to quell the Huanxuan Rebellion and the Lu Xun Rebellion, and grew into a qualified general on the road of battle, destroying Later Qin and Northern Wei in the Northern Wei, which can be described as a great achievement in battle, and can be described as a pillar of Liu Song.
And such a pillar-like general of the country, when he did not make a rebellious move, was killed by the emperor just because he was a threat to the emperor, and also left an idiom for future generations " self-destruction of the Great Wall", today we will talk about the accidental life and inevitable end of this general.
One
After the death of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty Liu Yu, the first emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, the auxiliary ministers Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang deposed the young emperor Liu Yifu and installed Liu Yu's third son Liu Yilong as emperor, known as Emperor Wen of Liu Song.
In this matter, Xu Xianzhi and others were not wrong, but in the process of doing this, these people not only killed the young emperor Liu Yifu, but also killed Liu Yizhen, the king of Luling, who had no fault at all, just because Liu Yi was really the second oldest, and this natural ordering blocked the way of the third oldest Liu Yilong as emperor.
This point was quite incomprehensible to the Qing Dynasty historian Wang Mingsheng, who said in the Seventeen Histories of Discussion, "Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Xie Han, and others were deposed and loyal. However, Emperor Shao was already in Wu, and Emperor Wen had already entered, but there was no aftermath. That is, if there is a worry, Emperor Wen should be allowed to do it himself, but he must kill the Young Emperor, what does it mean? And what does it mean to kill the king of Luling, Who has no fault, Yizhen?"
If xu xianzhi and others' series of killing behaviors are for Liu Yilong's consideration, then their behavior is to go beyond their own duty and do things they should not do.
This is an example of anything that cannot be done too absolutely, otherwise the result is likely to deviate from the original intention.
In this matter, not only was it planned and presided over by the auxiliary ministers Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, but also Xie Han and the great general Tan Daoji were also involved, although neither of them was the mastermind, but it still left a shadow in the heart of the party Liu Yilong.
Historically, this has always been the case, and if you are unfortunate enough to wade into the muddy waters of the royal family, you are doomed to have no good results.
After Liu Yilong took power, only one year had passed, he first killed Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, and then Liu Yilong used Tan Daoji to get rid of Xie Han, and ten years later, Liu Yilong finally attacked Tan Daoji, a generation of famous generals, and finally could not escape the end of rabbit dead dog cooking.
Two
It should be said that from the heart, Liu Yilong did not want to kill Tan Daoji. Tan Daoji was an orphan from an early age, born in hardship, and later joined Liu Yu's army, fighting very bravely, the "History of the South" said, "Emperor Wu's Northern Expedition, Daoji was the forward, so he was subdued by the wind." ”
Not only that, this person still did not kill the prisoners, and after the capture of Luoyang, some people proposed to kill the prisoners as much as possible, "Thinking that it was Jingguan." Tan Daoji disagreed, saying, "Hanging the people is cutting down their sins today." "It turned out to be a release.
After Liu Yu's death, he was one of the auxiliary ministers, but he had been taking troops out, and after Liu Song Emperor Wendi Liu Yilong ascended the throne, he had always been very conflicted with Tan Daoji, although he knew that he had participated in the killing of his two brothers, but he did not hold him responsible, not only did not pursue, but also let him lead troops to fight Xie Han who was far away in Jiangling.
Three
Xie Han was not guilty of deposing and killing The Young Emperor and Liu Yizhen to death, and after Xie Han saw Liu Yilong kill Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, Xie Han, who was thousands of miles away, was very afraid, and in order to save himself, he also did some work, on the one hand, he deeply befriended Wang Hua, the attendant around Liu Yilong, "to avoid disaster." ”
On the other hand, he took the initiative to marry the royal family, one daughter Xu to Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng, and the other daughter Xu to Liu Yibin, the Marquis of Xinye.
However, Liu Yilong was obviously unmoved, and sent Tan Daoji to lead a large army to march west to Jiangling, and the "History of the South" said, "Shi Obscure originally said that Daoji and Xian zhi were the same, and when they overheard it, they collapsed without a fight." ”
Xie Han originally thought that Tan Daoji was going to be killed along with Xu Xianzhi and others, but he thought wrongly and underestimated Liu Yilong's intelligence, tan Daoji not only did not die, but was also entrusted by the emperor with a heavy responsibility and led troops to kill him.
Xie Han's strategy was above Tan Daoji, but leading his troops to fight was not an opponent of Tan Daoji, and Xie Han was eventually sent back to Jianye (Nanjing) for execution.
Xie Han, like other members of the Xie family, said in the History of the South, "beautiful style, good speech and smile, clear eyebrows, sideburns like ink." "And erudite.
Xie Han continued a few poems before his death, "Meritorious deeds have been made for the past, and there is no intelligence in retirement." Not only is it too dangerous to be involved, but it is difficult for SiLuxin to be trustworthy. Saying that his deeds are the same as those of the ancients, but he does not know how to retreat from the whole body, he laments that he does not have this wisdom, but he also says that since he has walked a dangerous road like Taixing, it is destined to be full of hardships, although a little regretful, a little unwilling, but not regretful.
Xie Han's problem was that the direction was wrong at the beginning, and the next thing would not be right, and he would not realize it when he was dying.
Four
Tan Daoji is undoubtedly the pillar and pillar of the country, as a great general is the Great Wall of the country, it should be said that Liu Yilong did not want to harm Tan Daoji at the beginning, and Tan Daoji's death was not so much that he participated in the killing of the Young Emperor and Liu Yizhen, but rather because of his prestige and high merit.
Liu Yilong was jealous of this meritorious warrior of the previous dynasty, and the reason why he did not kill Tan Daoji at the beginning was to use it, and when Liu Yilong appointed Tan Daoji to march on Xie Qian, some people pointed out that this person was unreliable and "not allowed."
But Liu Yilong said: "Daoji is also from the people, and if it is not a creative plan, it will be carefree." That is to say, Liu Yilong still approved of Tan Daoji's character, at least he did not think that this person would oppose the royal family.
How much prestige does Tan Daoji really have? This can be confirmed by its rival, the Northern Dynasty, and one of the things is telling.
The "History of the North" says of this great general of the Southern Dynasty, "Wei Shizhi is worried about it, and the figure is to make a ghost." "Just so powerful, hanging his portrait on the door to drive away ghosts and disasters."
It is precisely because Tan Daoji has such a prestige and has a previous conviction for participating in the killing, which has become a piece of Liu Yilong's heart disease, and the "History of the South" says, "Emperor Wen has been sick for many years, and he has been in danger many times, the leader Liu Zhan is greedy to run the government, and he is worried about Daoji as a heterogeneous theory, and the King of Pengcheng, Yikang, is also worried about the palace car, and Daoji cannot be copied." ”
You see, first of all, the emperor was physically ill, and he almost died of illness several times; The second was that the courtiers were greedy for power and feared that Tan Daoji would interfere; the third was that the prince was afraid that after the emperor died, no one would be able to restrain the great general. Everyone up and down was jealous of this great general, so could Tan Daoji still live?
Five
In the twelfth year of Yuan Jia, that is, in 435 AD, Emperor Wen of Liu Song was very ill, and the "History of the South" said: "Shangjie Du. "It seems that it will not work soon, so I find an excuse to summon Tan Daoji into the DYNASTY."
Even Tan Daoji's wife saw this kind of thing very clearly, saying: "The master of the world, which the Taoists are afraid of, is now called by nothing, and it will be a disaster." The "Taoist taboo" mentioned here probably has two meanings, one is that things must be reversed, and the other is that Lao Tzu said that it is necessary to "achieve success and retire.".
This Liu Yilong is also strange, the illness is so serious, seeing Tan Daoji return to Beijing, the illness is immediately cured, really make people wonder whether it is a real illness or a pretend illness, whether it is a physical illness or a heart disease.
After a year, I saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so I let Tan Daoji go back.
However, when Tan Daoji was just about to pack his bags and leave, the emperor was "sick" again.
This time Tan Daoji had to die, and these people finally killed the killer, casually put on a crime, "received the court lieutenant" and killed Tan Daoji, along with his eight sons and several close generals.
The four words "taoist taboo" are too heavy. The "History of the South" records, "Daoji saw the harvest, was angry, his eyes were like a torch, and he drew a drink from Russia to another." It is the great wall of rula that is bad. ”
As soon as Tan Daoji died, Liu Yilong's illness was better again, and he never got sick again.
How can an emperor who cannot tolerate people, and is a hero who threatens the enemy country, how can this kind of mind become a big thing, no wonder Xin Abandoned Disease said: "Yuan Jia caocao." "Nothing to do.
Six
Fifteen years after Tan Daoji was killed, in the twenty-seventh year of Yuan Jia, that is, in 450 AD, Emperor Wen of Song's Northern Expedition failed, and the Northern Wei army drove straight in, all the way to the place of Guabu, and The Song Emperor Liu Yilong climbed to Stone City to see the enemy's army, very worried, sighed and said: "If Daoji is here, it will not be here!"
After another four years, The Song Emperor Liu Yilong wanted to depose the crown prince, who wanted the prince to strike a blow back, and actually killed this "witty emperor" who "self-destructed the Great Wall", I don't know if it was inadvertently revenge for Tan Daoji?